Pico della Mirandola

Pico della Mirandola

Oration on the Dignity of Man
Herausgeber: Borghesi, Francesco; Papio, Michael

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This is a new translation of and commentary on Pico della Mirandola's most famous work, the Oration on the Dignity of Man. It is the first English edition to provide readers with substantial notes on the text, essays that address the work's historical, philosophical and theological context, and a survey of its reception.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 318
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. April 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 518g
• ISBN-13: 9781316606605
• ISBN-10: 1316606600
• Artikelnr.: 45162939

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. Preface, Introduction, Overview: 1. Preface: history of the project and criteria for the current edition M. Riva
2. The historical and biographical background of the oration P. C. Bori
3. Chronology F. Borghesi
4. The Oration's printed editions M. Papio
5. Interpretations F. Borghesi
6. Overview
Part II. Text: 7. Latin text with facing English translation and commentary in the footnotes
Part III. Images: 8. Four images from the Palatine manuscript
Bibliography.